5
desolate(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
disconsolate(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
grave(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
heart-rending(adjective, bad, awful, terrible, dreadful)
5
hideous(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
horrid(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
5
ill-fated(adjective, bad, miserable, wretched, unfortunate)
5
ill-starred(adjective, bad, miserable, wretched, unfortunate)
5
regrettable(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
5
rueful(adjective, bad, sad, sorrow, depression)
5
unsettling(adjective, sad, sorrow, awful, depression)
5
woesome(adjective, sad, sorrow, awful, depression)
4
crushing(adjective, bad, catastrophic)
4
desperate(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
devastating(adjective, sad, sorrow, depression, woe)
4
dramatic(adjective, moving, affected, exciting, exaggerated)
4
flagrant(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
frightful(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
heinous(adjective, awful, terrible, horrible, afraid)
4
hopeless(adjective, sad, unhappy, gloomy, miserable)
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